Rocket League was the best-selling game on PlayStation Store in July

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Summer is traditionally a quieter time for new releases and that’s certainly reflected in this month’s PlayStation Store charts, with discounted catalogue titles ruling the roost. There were a handful of new releases though – 7 Days To Die debuted in second place on PS4, and the latest Call of Duty Black Ops III expansion made a big impact on the DLC chart. See below for full details.

And this surprises you because? You knew, or should have known, that it was unfinished as it’s still in Early Access on Steam, still classified as an alpha build and not even finished on PC yet (and probably never will be, as Early Access status is too often used as a shield against bad reviews), but they decided to shove out what they had as a full console release anyway.

Several people, including myself, posted questions in the developer’s announcement thread on this very blog asking why they thought this was appropriate, and unsurprisingly received no response from either the developer or the blog team.

Is it shameful that Sony permitted an unfinished, bug-ridden, Early Access product to get through QA without failing certification – Yes. Is it shameful that Telltale and the developers used the PC players money to fund a console port, rather than finishing the game for the people who’d already bought it – Yes. Is it shameful that they packaged an alpha version for console and ...

And this surprises you because? You knew, or should have known, that it was unfinished as it’s still in Early Access on Steam, still classified as an alpha build and not even finished on PC yet (and probably never will be, as Early Access status is too often used as a shield against bad reviews), but they decided to shove out what they had as a full console release anyway.

Several people, including myself, posted questions in the developer’s announcement thread on this very blog asking why they thought this was appropriate, and unsurprisingly received no response from either the developer or the blog team.

Is it shameful that Sony permitted an unfinished, bug-ridden, Early Access product to get through QA without failing certification – Yes. Is it shameful that Telltale and the developers used the PC players money to fund a console port, rather than finishing the game for the people who’d already bought it – Yes. Is it shameful that they packaged an alpha version for console and marketed it as a finished game – Yes.

Telltale and Sony’s failings aside though, it doesn’t absolve the buyer of doing their own research – 5 minutes browsing the Steam page, Early Access reviews, and watching YouTube videos of the PC version should have raised enough red flags to warn anyone away.

Isn’t that the game that should be cross-play between PC/One/PS4 but somehow isn’t, because?

I remember Sony being the white knight of cross-play some years ago, when they touted that playing Portal 2 or FF14 with friends on different platforms was a welcome feature. Looks like someone in high places misplaced the memo.